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My New PC – Backup

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I do not do online backups for my OS. I use boot disks. Actually a flash drive ( My Rescue Flash Drive ).
Tried:
Acronis True Image PE Boot Disk
Macrium Reflect Windows 10 PE Boot Disk
Clonezilla Live CD

All three were successful at backup and recovery.
Acronis and Macrium both require you to install the program to create a boot disk. Macrium I don’t mind having installed. Acronis is another story. This program now installs a ton of crap on your computer not the least of which is the Bonjour Service. Yes, the same POS that Apple uses for iTunes (among other things). Many of you will remember me linking to Ed Bott’s, The unofficial guide to installing iTunes 10 without bloatware many times over the years. He says in part, “I strongly recommend not installing Bonjour unless you need it. Bonjour has required patches for security issues in the past and has been known to cause a complete loss of network connectivity on Windows networks. (Yes, I’ve seen Bonjour disable local and Internet connections on Windows networks. It was not a fun troubleshooting exercise.)”
Using Macrium Reflect I restored my PC from backup after creating the Acronis boot disk.
I’m glad I have left that nonsense behind and switched to Macrium and Clonezilla.

Ditching Dropbox

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I’ve used Dropbox for some time here at TweakHound.com. A few months ago, Dropbox banned links from this site. I corrected the issue they had even though it was in fact bogus. No matter how hard I tried Dropbox would not rectify this situation. Truly poor, almost non-existent customer service. So I have dropped them for both this site and my paid, separate, personal account.
I am now going with MediaFire. They have a free account but I am going with the “Pro” version. It is currently half off at $3.75 per month (U.S.) billed annually or $5 month-to-month. With this I get:
– PC and mobile device access (app)
– Unlimited sharing
– Direct links to files
– 1TB (1000GB) of space
– and 20GB per file among other things.
I will be updating links here as I have time.

Acronis True Image And Win10

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A few people asked me about using Acronis True Image and Win10.
First as I have stated repeatedly, I DO NOT install it. I only use the boot disk.
So, I have been using Acronis True Image 2015 since it came out. It has worked fine with Win10 UEFI and not, dual boot and not.
I just purchased TI 2017 and ditto there.
I don’t what else to say but if you have questions just ask.
And please, if you are gonna buy it use the link here so I get a commission.

Dropbox Updated

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dropboxDropbox has posted their 4th 5th update this month.
Version 1.6.9 1.6.10 was released today. Download. Release Notes
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Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere. This means that any file you save to your Dropbox will automatically save to all your computers, phones and even the Dropbox website.
Dropbox also makes it super easy to share with others, whether you’re a student or professional, parent or grandparent.

*updated 8:46am, 22DEC2012